Me father told me scarecrows never frightened no bird, an' e says the one froom the film is of the worst sort, bein' a feller who in general 'as no sort of back bone whatsoever, and 'avin' to be, like, 'eld up by a crucifix as it were. Infact, me father 'ad a farm in the old day, an' the birds got to it. E blames all upon the idle scarecrow that still's up there.
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